The Dirt Field

While dining out the other night, I overheard a woman say to a man that appeared to be her husband, "What would you do without me?"The other man dining with them helpfully replied, "If you'd really like to know, he's mentioned a few ideas to me."

Rufus Wainwright's new album "Release the Stars" was supposed to be wonderful. It was supposed to rock my world; it was going to change my life. I literally counted down the days to its release and leapt out of bed yesterday morning to download it LEGALLY from iTunes, just so I could have a copy in excellent quality. And by that, I mean that I don't believe in using programs like LimeWire to download music for free, NO WAY, not me.But when I first heard the album on the way to work, and then as I listened to it on repeat for eight hours yesterday, I realized that it was not changing my life. It was hardly changing my day. And THAT was crushingly disappointing.I take solace, however, in the fact that my roommate was even more devastated by the incredibly weak and emo album released by the recently-castrated Linkin ...continue reading.